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How can you know? Can you reliably identify Koreans from Japanese?
by sanxiyn 7y ago
How can you know? Can you reliably identify Koreans from Japanese?
- coldtea 7y agoIt's not very difficult if you've lived in either place... (And they don't exactly have a mutual love for each other)
- sanxiyn 7y agoI am a Korean (lived in Korea for >30 years) and I think it is difficult...
- CuriouslyC 7y agoThe main thing I notice is that Koreans have slightly rounder faces, and smoother features. Koreans also tend to be slightly taller and more robust physically. You are right though, the occasional Japanese person is going to be very hard to spot since they usually fall within the range of Korean diversity.
- burfog 7y agoYou need to check the hands. Korea is the country that breaks hand scanners. By that I means the sort of biometric measurement devices used for secure entry to doors. Korean hands are pretty much identical.
- glandium 7y agoIt's both difficult and not. It depends on the persons. There are many Koreans that are easily identifiable as Korean, and many Japanese easily identifiable as Japanese. And there are some that are hard to tell apart.
- gaspoweredcat 7y agothis is really not difficult as a general rule
- Tor3 7y agoEven my wife (Japanese) has problems identifying non-Japanese Asians. On the other hand I think I'm better at it (but it may be that I'm not as good as I think).